Can they catch motorbikes?

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If a vehicle changes lanes will they avoid any fines?

No. The cameras calculate for lane changes. But this myth can mean people dangerously switch lanes increasing the chance of crashes.

If a driver passes more than two sets of the cameras in a sequence while over the speed limit, will they be fined more than once?

This is unlikely. Only certain cameras in the sequence are usually 'paired', so where, for example, there are four in a sequence it may be your speed between the first and third that is recorded, or the second and fourth or first and fourth, and so on.

But you will not know which ones are recording your number plate at any time.

Where there are separate sections of the same road where average speed camera zones are in force, however, a driver would be committing separate offences by speeding through each one.

If you are less than 10 per cent above the limit, will you get a ticket?

It has been commonly assumed by many drivers over the years that you will not get a ticket so long as your speed does not exceed the limit by more than 10 per cent plus 2mph. This is because of guidance to officers from the National Police Chiefs Council.

Several police forces nationwide have indicated that drivers can expect far less leeway, as cameras become more accurate - and the law states that a driver can receive a ticket as soon as they have exceeded the limit, even if it is only by 1mph.